Pyara Dost is an action-adventure drama. The movie revolves around the hunt for the hidden treasure, it is Mirza (Om Shiv Puri), who possesses the map to the hidden treasure of the village. However, there are certain people in the village, who want to have treasure all for themselves. Thus, he hands the map to Begum (Ranjeeta) before dying and asks her to give the map to Amaan (Naseeruddin Shah), whenever he comes back after completing his studies. Amaan comes back to India after 8 years, and finally gets the treasure map; however, the people who killed Mirza are still behind the treasure, which puts Amaan’s life into threat, and it is only Amjad (Amjad Khan), who is with Amaan and protects him from the evil. Who finally gets the hidden treasure forms the remaining part of the story.